Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. Perspectives in planning and urban design

New ways of conditioning space and place in dynamic and transformative environments : liaising between the worlds of matter and the virtual

Realizing sensory urban environments : decoding synthetic realities with urban performance simulation

Doing the right thing : gamification as a means to tuning human behaviour

ICT, open data and the internet of things : potential future trajectories in urban planning

Part two. Help planners plan : decision support, methods, tools and applications

Cognitive computing for urban planning

Between self-organization and planning : cities and the fractal ordering principle

Space syntax : a method to measure urban space related to social, economic and cognitive factors

From real to virtual and back : a multi-method approach for investigating the impact of urban morphology on human spatial experiences

Planning : support models in an era of shrinking population : recent planning trends and research developments in Japan

Part three. Get the public on board!

Serious GeoGeames for civic engagement in urbann planning : discussion based on four game prototypes

Mapping and visualizing the built environment and user interaction through facilitated-volunteered geographic information (fVGI)

Exploring the qualities of GIS-based visual-acoustic simulations of wind parks to support public opinion forming

X the rods : enhancing interaction within urban setting using light and sound stimuli

Memes and civic action : building and sustaining civic empowerment through the internet